LeBron James threw everything in the scales — the nearest defeat of La Lakers could not prevent the superstar. 37 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists of the King was a highly grandiose idea of one of the hopeful talents that the NBA has to offer. Yes Moran (22) led the Memphis Grizzlies in the domestic FedEx Forum for 104: 99 success. The Wieselflinke Guard, who only missed the Phoenix Suns in the final secretion in the final second days, steel the 15-year older LeBron with 41 meters and ten rebounds the show and deceptive his fans. After a long lead, the Lakers at the end collapsed the 19th defeat at only 17 wins, Memphis stopped at 22:14 and is one of the largest positive surprises in this season.
MASS Get Isaiah Thomas — Booker with 38 points
This can not necessarily be said by the Dallas Mavericks and the Boston Celtics. Both lost strongly replacement of their games — each without their German Maximilian Keeper and Dennis Schröder, which are among the numerous corona failures of the league. The Mass (16:18), who had repaid the former All-Star Isaiah Thomas (32) for ten days shortly before the game, documents at the Sacramento Kings (15:21) gossip with 94:95 — through a buzzerbeater-threesome From the corner transformed by Chimeric Met.
Record Champion Boston lost against the Los Angeles Clippers, where Center Isaiah Hammerstein was missing further because of an ankle injury, with 82:91. 30 points of Jaylen Brown did not help.
The Suns led by Devin Booker (38 points) at the 115: 97 against Oklahoma City Thunder of the 27th win, they remain together with the Golden State Warriors at the top of Western Conference.
Next failure: Heat have too few players
The lot scheduled for this Wednesday (local time) between the San Antonio Spurs and the Miami Heat had been postponed. The league announced that the HEAT could not prove the given number of eight playful professionals. When the duel is to be retrieved is not fixed yet. Already before, a total of nine games had been canceled after some teams had occurred several corona cases. More than 100 players are now in the health and safety protocol of the league.
Cars complain Rubio failure
Bitter message for the Cleveland Cavaliers located on the upswing: World Champion Ricky Rubio drops with a cruciate ligament drop for months. The 31-year-old suffered the injury in the left knee on Tuesday at 104: 108 against the New Orleans Pelicans. Already in his rookie season 2011/12, Rubio had drawn up a cruciate ligament tear in the left knee at the Minnesota Timberwolves. With Rubio, the Cars were for the first time since 2018 on play-off course. With 20 wins in 14 defeats, the team from Ohio has clearly exceeded expectations. Rubio, valuable player (MVP) of the 2019 World Cup in China and to injury with 13 points, four rebounds and almost seven assists wearing column of Cars, was changed from Minnesota to Cleveland before the season. His contract runs after the season.